Swamp Notes: Trump pushes unity at Republican...

Andy Burnham enters No 10 today as prime minister, the US continued trading fire with Iran over the weekend, and Morgan Stanley has become Wall Street's top bank for AI debt deals. Plus, Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz is pitching his country to investors as “Europe’s bedrock ...  Show more

The US celebrated its 250th anniversary this month during a very politically divided era. The FT’s Sonja Hutson went to a block party on Bethlehem, Pennsylvania’s main street to ask locals what they think it means to be an American in 2026. Do they feel like the country shares a ...  Show more

Republican leaders are presenting a united front coming out of this week’s convention. Many supporters of former president Donald Trump are sporting ear bandages in solidarity after the attempt on his life. With his running mate, Ohio senator JD Vance, by his side, and former pol ...  Show more

The Republican Party gathered this week for its presidential nominating convention and the message coming from the gathering is clear: Donald Trump, after the failed assassination attempt on his life, has rallied the party successfully heading into the final stretch of the electi ...  Show more

Guest: The Toronto Star's Richard Warnica, reporting from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Less than a week after a would-be assassin wounded former U.S. President Donald Trump, he accepted his party's nomination to run for president again on a ...

Republicans had a big day on Monday. Donald Trump picked J.D. Vance as his running mate. Two days after surviving an assassination attempt, he officially became his party’s presidential nominee. And the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee got underway, with a festive mood ...  Show more